Papa and I recently worked out a schedule of bluegrass festivals and events that we will attend this year. We mapped out his holidays, compared his vacations days to our usual tour of festivals, and tried to figure out what was best. We decided to attend the IBMA Fan Fest again this year. Last year … Read more
For the last several years we have attended the Lewis Family Festival in Lincolnton, Georgia during this week before Mother’s Day. This year, we’re staying home. Mom just got out of the hospital after almost two weeks. She’s at a nursing home/rehab facility near here. I think I can ride my bike up there, I’ll probably … Read more
A while ago, I ripped all our tapes and CD’s to the main computer. I’ll be investing in a turntable to do all the albums soon, perhaps before next winter. I just made a playlist of all the songs with a Pete Goble writing credit. It’s an interesting list, but probably contains less than a … Read more
Granny’s home has the usual utilities, electricity, natural gas, water, and some others, satallite radio and TV, land-line phone and DSL. We also have cell phones. On Saturday, during the amazing presentation of “Go Diego, Go Live”, I lost my cell phone. It was in my pocket early in the show, I used it to … Read more
Last fall, I hauled out a cool game that I remembered from my youth, so I could enjoy it wth GD1. She had great small muscle coordination, but she couldn’t manage both the ball and the jacks at that time. I put it away after she left, but one of the 10 jacks was missing. Oh … Read more
I’ve enjoyed Barry Scott’s singing since I first saw him. Check out this great video on YouTube. Or, this one. Or all of them.
Last night, as the troops were helping me with the dishes, I said that something needed to be put on the list. A family member said, “You’re always putting something on a list”. That was a correct statement. When I worked, I kept complicated project plans, with date assumptions, and other frightening things. Now that … Read more
Papa has been taking a lot of photos lately, and I’ve not done too well at posting them for the world to see. We recently attended a wonderful festival hosted by Joe Mullins, the Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival. The photographs of the bands onstage are posted here. Rhonda Vincent, Bobby Osborne, The Hart brothers, David … Read more
Everyone seems to be fine here at home, but may in our extended family and circle of friends are having health problems. My Mom is ill, my son-in-law’s Mom is ill, and several friends are facing similar challenges. I’ m looking out at the sun and the greening lawn, and hoping for a day filled … Read more
I was working on a project yesterday, when D3 came running down and told me about this. The shooting part had already occurred and police were trying to secure the building and find the shooter. I assured her that anyone running from the law would not be driving into our sub, a couple of miles … Read more